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find¹ [faind]

1. prehodni glagol
najti, nahajati, odkriti, odkrivati; spoznati, opaziti; ugotoviti, izvedeti; misliti, soditi; odločiti; nabaviti, oskrbeti, opremiti; izreči, izraziti; iti po kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
zaslediti divjačino
pravno odločiti, razsoditi; zdeti se

to find amiss grajati
to find expression izraziti se
to find fault with grajati koga ali kaj
to find favour imeti podporo, zaščito
pravno to find s.o. guilty spoznati, da je kdo kriv
pogovorno to find one's feet pridobiti zaupanje v samega sebe, uveljaviti se
pravno to find a true bill izjaviti, da je vzrok tožbe utemeljen
to find s.o. in s.th. oskrbeti koga s čim
I cannot find it in my heart srce mi ne da
I could find it in my heart rad bi
how do you find yourself? kako se imaš?
to find one's match najti pravega moža ali enakovrednega nasprotnika
the jury found for the culprit porota je osvobodila obtoženca
I trust this finds you well upam, da boste dobrega zdravja, ko boste dobili to pismo
to find o.s. sam se oskrbeti; znajti se
to find pleasure in s.th. imeti s čim veselje

fine⁴ [fain] pridevnik
droben, tenek, fin; rahel, nežen; lep, sijajen, odličen; eleganten; čist; jasen; oster (nož), nabrušen; dobro razvit; bister; prevzeten

fine arts lepe umetnosti
one fine day lepega dne
one of these fine days prej ali slej
fine middling srednje dober
to call things by fine names imenovati grdo z lepimi besedami
fine gold čisto zlato
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
not to put too fine point upon it povedati naravnost in brez olepšavanja
to say fine things about s.o. hvaliti koga
fine words butter no parsnips od lepih besed se ne da živeti

fit⁵ [fit] pridevnik (fitly prislov) (for)
primeren, ustrezen, uporaben, zmožen, sposoben; zdrav; vreden

to feel (ali keep) fit dobro se počutiti
fit to eat užiten
I was fit to die of shame najraje bi se bil v tla udrl od sramu
as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
more than is fit čezmerno, pretirano
I was fit to malo je manjkalo, da nisem
to think fit to odločiti se; raje narediti
to run to be fit to burst teči, dokler nam ne zmanjka sape
pogovorno I laughed fit to burst malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha
not to be fit to ne moči

flag³ [flæg] samostalnik
zastava; košat pasji rep

black flag piratsko znamenje; piratstvo
flag of distress srajca, ki visi skozi raztrgano obleko; figurativno slab znak
to get one's flag postati admiral
to hang out the white flag vdati se
to hang out the red flag pozvati na boj
to hoist the flag izobesiti zastavo; prevzeti poveljništvo
house flag zastava ladijske družbe
merchant flag zastava trgovske mornarice
to strike (ali lower) the flag spustiti zastavo, priznati poraz
flag station postajališče (samo na znamenje)
yellow flag znamenje, da je na ladji kužna bolezen; karantena
to dip the flag pozdravljati s spuščanjem in dviganjem zastave

flatter [flǽtə] prehodni glagol
laskati, dobrikati se, prilizovati se; zadovoljiti, ugajati, dobro deti, goditi

to flatter o.s. that domišljati si, da
to flatter s.o.'s hopes zbujati komu neosnovano upanje
to flatter o.s. on čestitati si k

flinch¹ [flinč] neprehodni glagol (from)
trzniti, nazaj odskočiti, ustrašiti se; izogibati se

without flinching ne da bi trenil, brez pomisleka

foot¹ [fut] množina feet samostalnik
noga, stopalo, čevelj (mera); stopica
pogovorno pehota (množina foots)
gošča, usedlina; spodnja obrobnica jadra; podstavek

at foot na dnu
by (ali on) foot peš
to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; navdušiti koga
figurativno to find one's feet izkazati se
from head to foot od nog do glave
ameriško, sleng to get cold feet prestrašiti se
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo
to keep one's feet ne zdrsniti, ne pasti
to have one's feet in the grave biti z eno nogo v grobu
my foot! nesmisel!
to put one's foot down odločno se lotiti; ugovarjati
to put one's foot in a thing popolnoma kaj pokvariti, polomiti ga
to set (ali put) one's best foot forward (ali foremost) pohiteti, kar se da; čim bolj se potruditi
to set on foot ustanoviti
to trample under foot pohoditi, zatreti
sleng to take the length of s.o.'s foot spoznati slabosti koga, spregledati ga
to measure another's foot by one's own last sam po sebi soditi
something is on foot nekaj se pripravlja
to show the cloven foot odkriti slabe namene
under foot na zemlji
to tread from one foot to the other prestopati se z noge na nogo
to run s.o. off his feet utruditi koga s hojo
to get on (ali to) one's feet dvigniti se, vstati

for¹ [fɔ:, fə] predlog
za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

for all navzlic, kljub
as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
pogovorno to be out for nameravati
for the better na bolje
but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
for fear iz strahu
for love iz ljubezni
for the present za zdaj
for the first time prvič
not for love or money za nič na svetu
to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
now for them! na juriš!
for good za vedno
there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
to go for a walk iti na sprehod
sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
once for all enkrat za vselej
for as much v koliko
for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
for instance, for example na primer
for the nonce tokrat
I for one jaz na primer
for God's sake za božjo voljo
to look for s.th. iskati kaj
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
the train for London vlak proti Londonu
word for word beseda za besedo
Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
for the time being za zdaj
he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro

forbear^*1 [fɔ:bɛ́ə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (from)
opustiti; vzdržati se; ogniti, ogibati se
arhaično (with) potrpeti

she could not forbear laughing ni si mogla kaj, da se ne bi smejala

forbearance [fɔ:bɛ́ərəns] samostalnik
opustitev; popuščanje, prizanašanje, obzirnost, potrpljenje

forbearance is no acquittance s tem, da delo odložiš, še ni opravljeno

foreclose [fɔ:klóuz] prehodni glagol (from, of)
izključiti; preprečiti
pravno odbiti zaradi poteka roka

to foreclose a mortgage izjaviti, da je hipoteka zapadla

from [frɔm, frəm] predlog
od, iz, z, zaradi, po

apart from neglede na
from the beginning od začetka
from a child od otroških let
different from različen od
from day to day z dneva v dan
to defend from braniti pred
to descend from biti po izvoru, izvirati iz
to draw from nature risati po naravi
to die from umreti zaradi
from my own experience iz lastne izkušnje
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
from first to last od začetka do konca, od A do Z
to hide s.th. from s.o. skrivati kaj pred kom
to judge from soditi po
to keep s.o. from doing s.th. braniti komu, da česa ne stori
to live from hand to mouth živeti iz rok v usta
to suffer from trpeti zaradi
from time to time tu pa tam
where are you from? od kod si (ste)?
to tell from razlikovati od
from of old zdavnaj, davno
from on high od zgoraj
from memory na pamet
from post to pillar od Poncija do Pilata
six from nine leavas three devet manj šest je tri
trgovina from date od danes
from title to colophone od prve do zadnje strani
from above od zgoraj
from affar od daleč
from amidst iz sredine
from among izmed
from before od prej
from behind od zadaj, izza
from below (ali beneath) od spodaj
from between izmed (dveh)
from beyond z one strani
from out ven iz
from under izpod
from without od zunaj
from within od znotraj

fun¹ [fʌn] samostalnik
šala, zabava, kratek čas, razvedrilo; zabaven človek

to make fun, to be in fun norčevati, šaliti se
to poke fun at s.o. osmešiti koga
for fun, in fun za šalo
like fun kar se da, na vso moč; živahno, močno
he's a great fun zelo je zabaven
figure of fun smešna oseba
to have a good fun dobro se zabavati

funny¹ [fʌ́ni] pridevnik (funnily prislov)
smešen, zabaven, šegav; nenavaden, čuden, čudaški
ameriško noro zaljubljen, zateleban

too funny for words da bi človek počil od smeha
funnily enough za čudo
to feel funny ne se dobro počutiti

gas-meter [gǽsmitə] samostalnik
plinomer

pogovorno he lies like a gas-meter laže, da se kar kadi

glimpse² [glim(p)s] samostalnik
bežen pogled

to catch (ali get) a glimpse bežno zagledati
to afford s.o. a glimpse of pustiti komu, da v kaj pogleda

grant² [gra:nt] prehodni glagol
dopustiti, dopuščati, dovoliti; zagotoviti, priznati; podeliti, odobriti, uslišati

grant it to be true recimo, da je tako
to take for granted imeti za dognano, biti prepričan
to grant a request uslišati prošnjo
to grant an advance odobriti predujem
granted that recimo, vzemimo, da

grass¹ [gra:s] samostalnik
trava; pašnik, trata; ruša
pogovorno beluš
pogovorno pomlad
sleng policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh
sleng marihuana, mamilo

to cut grass under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla
to let the grass grow under one's feet leno in počasi delati
at grass na paši, pogovorno na dopustu
to go to grass iti na pašo, pogovorno na dopust
to put (ali turn out) to grass gnati na pašo
out at grass na paši; figurativno brezposeln, na dopustu
go to grass! solit se pojdi!
figurativno to send to grass podreti na tla
to hear the grass grow slišati travo rasti
as long as grass grows and water runs za večne čase
while the grass grows the steed starves dvakrat da, kdor hitro da

grave² [greiv] samostalnik
grob
figurativno smrt

as close (ali silent) as the grave tih ko riba
enough to make s.o. turn in his grave dovolj hudo, da bi se človek še v grobu obrnil
one foot in the grave z eno nogo v grobu
as secret as the grave molčečen ko grob
to find one's grave, to sink into the grave umreti
s.o. is walking over my grave zona me spreletava

ground² [graund] samostalnik
dno, globina; zemlja, tla; zemljišče, igrišče, lovišče, gradbišče (for)
osnova (for, of)
vzrok, povod; osnovna barva; ozadje
množina park, vrt
množina naselbina
množina gošča, usedlina; uzemljitev

above ground živ
below ground mrtev, pokopan
to break new (ali fresh) ground orati ledino
to cover ground potovati, opraviti določeno delo
ground clearance razdalja med šasijo in zemljo
common ground stična točka
to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla, vzeti mu oporo
to be dashed to the ground propasti
pogovorno down to the ground popolnoma
to fall to the ground propasti
on firm ground na trdnem položaju
figurativno forbidden ground nedovoljeno področje, prepovedana tema
to gain ground napredovati, širiti se
to give ground popustiti
to hold one's ground vztrajati na svojem mestu, ne popustiti; ostati pri močeh
to meet s.o. on his own ground razpravljati o predmetu, ki ga nasprotnik sam določi
on the ground of zaradi
pogovorno to run into the ground pretiravati
ground staff letališko tehniško osebje
to stand one's ground vztrajati
to strike to the ground vreči na tla
to suit one down to the ground popolnoma se strinjati
to take ground nasesti
to touch ground dotakniti se dna; figurativno preiti na predmet pogovora
on the ground that češ da